Ontario Government to cut Critical Healthcare Program
March 28, 2023
ARCH Disability Law Centre is deeply concerned with the Ontario Government’s announcement that it will no longer fund healthcare for uninsured people without an Ontario Health Card as of March 31st 2023.
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Submission to: Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA)
November 8, 2022
Re: Bill C-22, An Act to reduce poverty and to support the financial security of persons with disabilities by establishing the Canada disability benefit and making a consequential amendment to the Income Tax Act.
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RESPECTING RIGHTS – Statement to CRPD Committee Consultation on Deinstitutionalization
May 25, 2021
Introduction: Respecting Rights is a project led by people labelled with intellectual disabilities. It is a project at ARCH Disability Law Centre, a legal clinic that helps people with disabilities in Ontario and Canada. At Respecting Rights, people with disabilities work with lawyers and social workers. With the help of lawyers and social workers, people with disabilities create and lead workshops about human rights.
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ARCH Disability Law Centre’s Comments on the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario’s Proposed Changes to Form 1: Application and Rules of Procedure
May 11, 2021
We write on behalf of ARCH Disability Law Centre (ARCH) to provide the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the Tribunal) feedback on the Tribunal’s draft changes to Form 1: Application, draft changes to the Tribunal’s Rules to support a Digital-First Strategy, draft public hearing docket, and the draft process on how members of the public can arrange to observe a hearing. We provide this feedback in supplement, and not in substitution, of our comments provided to the Tribunal on April 29, 2021.
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For Immediate Release: Ontario Superior Court Dismisses Appeal Seeking Disclosure of Employment Records of Non-Party with a Disability
April 13, 2021
For Immediate Release: Ontario Superior Court Dismisses Appeal Seeking Disclosure of Employment Records of Non-Party with a Disability
Submission – Plain English version of the Submission of Canadian Civil Society Organizations to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
July 29, 2019
Plain English* version of: Submission of Canadian Civil Society Organizations to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the List of Issues Prior to Reporting [Canada] to be adopted during the 22nd Session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Submission – ARCH Submissions on the Canadian Human Rights Commission Draft Complaint Rules
October 18, 2019
On September 13, 2019, the Canadian Human Rights Commission (the “Commission”) invited several organizations to participate on a teleconference call to provide feedback on the recently drafted CHRC Complaint Rules (the “Rules”). ARCH participated on the October 7, 2019 teleconference call and provided several suggested amendments to be made to the draft Rules.
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Blog Post – Focus: Canadian Human Rights Commission Releases Complaint Rules
December, 2019
In late autumn 2019, the Canadian Human Rights Commission (the “Commission”) released Complaint Rules (the “Rules”) with the objective of ensuring an efficient and effective process for complainants filing a complaint with the Commission. The importance of this cannot be understated. The Commission has jurisdiction to accept claims of discrimination committed in violation of the rights protected by the Canadian Human Rights Act (the “CHRA”).
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Blog Post – Focus: Bona Fide Academic Requirements in the New OHRC Policy
September 28, 2018
At the end of August, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (“OHRC”) released a new Policy on Accessible Education for Students with Disabilities (the ‘Policy’). The Policy represents a significant step forward as many students with disabilities continue to experience barriers in attempting to access the education system.
Submission – Canadian Civil Society Parallel Report Group Submission to UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2017)
March 20, 2017
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is an international human rights law which protects and promotes the rights of persons with disabilities. Canada ratified the CRPD in 2010.
Submission – ARCH’s Submission on the Government of Canada’s Accession to the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2017)
March 15, 2017
ARCH’s submission to Review of Canada’s Accession to the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Submission – ARCH’s Submission on Bill C-14 Medical Assistance in Dying, 2016
April, 2016
A Call for Safeguards
Submission by ARCH Disability Law Centre to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights regarding Bill C–14 An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (Medical Assistance in Dying)
Paper – Open Court and Confidentiality: Can there be a Balance in Light of our New Media Age?
May 23, 2014
Paper prepared for the OBA Human Rights Annual Update on May 23, 2014. The topic of discussion in this paper revolves around privacy issues that arise when persons with disabilities seek redress before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO).
Paper – Comparing the Incomparable in Human Rights Claims: Moore Guidance, 2013
June 7, 2013
Paper presented at the Ontario Bar Association’s 2013 Annual Human Rights Update: Keeping on Top of Key Developments Part II. This paper focuses on the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Moore v. British Columbia (Ministry of Education) and the use of a strict comparative analysis when framing and adjudicating statutory human rights claims.